Mattress



' B. `STUART July 24, '1923.

MATTRESS Fiied'Aug. 30

ii'atented July 24, i923.

BERT STUART, OF SEATTLE, VTASHINGTON.

MATTRESS.

Applicationfled August 30, 1922. Serial No. 55,239.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that BERT STUART, a citizen ot the United States, residingv atA Seattle, 1n

the county ot King andftate of lVashing'.-

ton, has invented certain new and usetul limprovements in Mattresses, of which the tollowing` is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in mattresses.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a mattress, provided with separate and distinct sections, whereby soiling, touling, or disintegration oit any one or more oit the sections may be replaced without. necessitatine; tearing down oit the entire mattress structure.

it further object or the invention is to provide a mattress, wherein the surface will be substantially level as distinct trom mattresses having; undulations caused by tufts -or buttons employed to hold the mattress together.

The invention `also comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement ot parts, which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Tn the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view with the cover removed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

1 indicates the mattress as a whole, formed of canvas, ticking, or other suitable material, and which may be reinforced around its yedges as at 2 by bars or otherwise covered as indicated at 3.

llvtendingv from the sides and ends ot the mattress structure are strips of canvas or other suitable material, indicated at Zland 5.

These strips are provided at intervals with slots 6 to interiit one with the other te form. a series ot compartments 7. T he ends oit the strips may be permanently attached to the frame or structure forming the body of the mattress. y

Tn the compartments 7 stuiiing` is inserted, and over the top and bottom of the entire mattress structure is placed an upper and lower coverinfr 8 and 9 to retain the stuffing in the compartments, and form uninterrupted surfacesthroughout the area of the mattress.

ing and resultant construed ln ordinary tufted mattress/s, the stutiing is retained in place by the formation oiI tufts and cord, but experience has shown that in time the stui'lins will sl despite the tufton, and cause an uneven surface to be prod IVfed, and when tle mattress is to be renovated, the whole structure must be taken to pieces.

ln the improved construction described, the separate compartments retain the stuffing and prevent .same from moving trom place to place, and at the 4same time the flexible strips lend sutlieientresiliency to the strueture. There is of course somewhat of a movement of the stuiling in the various compertinents, but this movement is limited by the strips, so that none of the stu'liingr in any particular compartment will creep Vinto an adjacent rompartment.

Vhile it is preferable to sew the edges of the strips l and 5 to the upper and lower covering; `and to the sides and ends et the mattress, yet this is not absolutely i'iecessamv because it the ends ot the strips be seweil firmly to the side and end walls, the compartments will be sufficiently staple to withhold the resistance of the stuing.

lt is evident that it' one of the compartments should become foul or disintegrated, it is only necessary to remove the upper covering and open up the particular compartment requiring; repairs and restuil it without in any wise disturbing; any oi the other compartments.

iV hat l claim is: Y

A mattress, comprising bars forming the edges thereof, a covering for the bars. upper and lower covering walls secured to the ba r covering, a plurality oit flexible strips secured at their ends to the bar covering.I said strips having); slits to interni; one with the other where the strips cross each other and arranged to form a plurality oi' independent compartments, and a mattress lillingr arranged in each et said compartments, whereby the bars form a still'ened trame to carry the strips, hold them in spaced relation, and substantially taut to prevent disarrangement thereor in the mattress and misplacement of the filling in the compartment.

ln testimony whereoI l aiiix my signature.

BERT STUART. 

